AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

"Winter's Light"

The Women's City Club of Pasadena
at The Historic Blinn House (Built 1905)
160 N. Oakland Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101

EXHIBITION DATES: November 1, 2011 thru January 31, 2012

** ENTRY DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 **

Theme & Eligibility: This is an open call to professional artists -
male and female - who live in the State of California. The theme is to
convey in art the glory of the winter season.

Selection Process:
The Curator of Exhibitions for The Women's City Club of Pasadena,
Margaret Danielak, owner of DanielakArt, and one member of the Board of
Directors of The Women's City Club of Pasadena, will select the
artwork. Professional artists may submit up to 10 works of art for

As part of the upgrade and expansion of the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Medical Center Campus in the unincorporated neighborhood of Willowbrook, CA, a covered pedestrian walkway around the campus has been provided. The pedestrian walkway is 900 feet long and features a street-side panel or "canvas" that is approximately 4 feet high. In August 2011, volunteer organization City Year worked with the children from Freedom Schools to design a mural for the first 100 feet.

Project Willowbrook: Cultivating a Healthy Community Through Arts And Culture

Debating Through the Arts: Performance Art Event 4
"Contemporary Issues in Performance"

Jerri Allyn and Inez Bush are staging a day of debate on Contemporary
Issues in Performance at LACE on October 29th, 2011 from 10am to 6pm.

*CALL FOR PARTICIPATION*
Artists, art historians, critics and anyone interested in Performance
are invited to participate.

If you are interested, either attend a planning meeting or call us to
discuss.

Upcoming Planning Meeting:
Wed Sept 21, 2011
at Jerri Allyn's: 5507 Village Green, LA, CA 90016 (La Brea and
Rodeo)

Ways to Participate:
1. Join or organize a team to debate one of the issues below
2. Propose a different debate issue and organize your own team (please
consult with us as LACE only has space for three debates for the day)

fREAK mACHINE is a monthly performance event
intended to entertain its audience. But embedded
in the format is an opportunity for theaters companies,
and other creative groups to try out new work, promote
current work and connect with other artists and audience members.

A group could bring a five minute snippet from a
show they are currently rehearsing or presenting and use
it as a kind of on-stage commercial for the show. A season
or even the philosophical mission of a company could be
promoted in the same way. A company can donate a pair
of tickets to be given away during the evening's raffle in
exchange for an onstage promotion from the host.

On the creative side a writers group or someone in the
process of workshopping a piece could bring five minutes

EAST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (Sept. 9, 2011) -- Organizers of the third annual East Hollywood ArtCycle are calling out to artists to compete in a juried art contest at the event. ArtCycle happens on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2 to 10 p.m., at Santa Monica Blvd. and Vermont Ave.

The first East Hollywood Outdoor Painting Award competition asks artists to create a work of art with the neighborhood of East Hollywood as their inspiration. Entries will be judged by a panel experts from the Los Angeles arts scene.

"This will be the first juried art contest to be held at the ArtCycle," said event co-producer Jennifer Moran. "The contest is our way of elevating artists in our community and bringing attention to their work."

ArtCycle is still accepting art /vendor applications for the street festival on 9/17! Please come join us and share your art, crafts and creations with the world while doing something good for the East Hollywood neighborhood!

Deadline is 9/15/11

Fee is $75 if you need a tent and table provided
Fee is $50 if you have your own tent and table

The 3rd Annual East Hollywood ArtCycle is on Saturday, September 17th 2011 from 2-10pm.

ArtCycle started 3 years ago as an art crawl on bicycles and it has developed into an art and cycling street festival with an activist twist. We hold the festival on Santa Monica Blvd in between Vermont and Virgil where we one day hope to see a park!

Sport, art and social inclusion. 2012 Call for projects

Consejo Superior de Deportes + Idensitat [CSD + iD SPORT ]
2ª Call for projects [download roules in pdf - spanish text]
Deadline November 15, 2011
The Consejo Superior de Deportes [CSD] (Sports Council) in collaboration with Idensitat [ID SPORT] announces a call for interdisciplinary projects that promote the relationship between sport and social, cultural and creative areas. This text gives some references about the fields and specific targets aimed to influence and concrete information to complement the general guidelines.

FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais
930 avenue de Rosendaël
59240 Dunkerque
France
t +33 (3) 28 65 84 20
f +33 (3) 28 63 63 39
project@fracnpdc.fr
http://www.fracnpdc.fr

H+F Curatorial Grant 2012
Application : before October 17th, 2011

The 'H+F Curatorial Grant 2012' is an ambitious and original initiative which allows the FRAC Nord–Pas de Calais (Dunkirk/France) in close partnership with the private collector Han Nefkens (H+F Collection), to give young international curators the opportunity to participate in the development of exhibition projects based on the collection.